Guide to the Records of the Society of Friends (as filmed by the AJCP)

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M693 - M707

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Created: 2019

Collection Summary

Title: Records of the Society of Friends (as filmed the AJCP)
Date Range: 1771 - 1936
Collection Number: M693 - M707
Extent: 179 items
Language of Materials: English
Repository: Australian Joint Copying Project
Sponsor: The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Minutes, some original records and annual reports scattered throughout the official correspondence, miscellaneous and private papers held in the Friends House Library. Some journals and correspondence are primarily of religious interest, others such as those of Daniel Wheeler, James Backhouse, William Benson, Ann F. Jackson and E. Maria Bishop contain detailed descriptions of people and places. The collection has been divided and filmed in the following groups:

Selections from minutes of London Yearly Meeting 1834-1916, London Meeting for Sufferings 1828-1916, Continental Committee 1817-1905, and Australasian Committee 1903-1919. Most of the minutes are indexed.

Entries 1840-1872 from Testimonies Concerning Ministers Deceased for Daniel Wheeler, John Bell, Robert Lindsey, James Backhouse and Thomas Pierce.

Australasian material in the Casual Correspondence volume of the Epistles of the London Yearly Meeting, comprising official correspondence 1785-1881, mainly epistles, sent to and from the London Meeting and members of the Society in Van Diemen's Land, South Australia and Sydney.

Portfolio series of miscellaneous volumes including records of the Continental Committee, some official correspondence of James Backhouse and Daniel Wheeler, reports and minutes.

Manuscript Boxes, Small collections of correspondence, official and personal, accounts of visits, copies of minutes of meetings, newspaper cuttings, lists of members and printed pamphlets 1835-1934 including material about the Hobart Friends School, conscription and the Wellington Friends Hostel. Also includes correspondence, minutes and cuttings of Charles J. Holdsworth.

Items 1831-1922 relating to Australasia from manuscript boxes (lettered), including letters of George Washington Walker, list of Friends 1854, letters of Lucy F. Morland, and notes on the history of Friends in Australia and New Zealand.

Letters, papers and extracts from the journals 1832-1846 of Daniel Wheeler covering his travels in the South Seas.

Letterbooks, journal letter transcripts and an account book 1831-1868 of James Backhouse (1794-1869) of Van Diemen's Land.

Selections from the journals 1852-1861 of Robert Lindsey and his wife Sarah describing two visits to Australia and New Zealand.

Extracts from the journals 1866-1868 of William Benson including sketches of buildings, zoological specimens and maps.

Selections from the autobiography of Alfred Wright referring to his visits to Australia in 1874-1875 and 1890-1892.

Extracts from diaries 1880-1882 of Isaac Sharp describing his travels in Australia and New Zealand.

Collection of autographs of C.S. Gibson including 'Plants named after Friends'.

Correspondence 1887-1890 of Howard Hodgkin relating to economic conditions in Ireland and emigration to Australia.

Conditions Governing Access

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred Citation

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Archival History

Material selectively filmed at the Society of Friends Library, London, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1968 (AJCP Reels: M693-707). Original microfilm digitised as part of the AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.

Existence and Location of Originals

Society of Friends Library, Friends House, Euston Road, London.

For further information see Society of Friends at the Society of Friends Library. [http://www.quaker.org.uk/resources/library]

Existence and Location of Copies

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn716642] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Finding-aid Notes

This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.

Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.

Advisory Statement

Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are advised that this Finding Aid contains material and descriptive information which may be considered culturally sensitive and may cause distress, including names and images of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people now deceased. This Finding Aid contains terms that reflect authors' views or those of the historical period, but which may not be considered appropriate today. While the information may not reflect current understanding, it is provided in an historical context.

Subjects

Australia; Australia: visits to; Backhouse, James, Rev.; Bell, John; Benson, William; Bishop, Emma M.; Conscription in Australia (1916–17); Emigration and immigration; Friends School, Hobart; Gibson, C.S.; Great Britain; Hobart Boys Reformatory; Hobart Savings Bank; Hobart, Tasmania; Hodgkin, Howard; Holdsworth, Charles J.; Ireland; Jackson, Ann F.; Lindsey, Robert; Lindsey, Sarah; Maps, plans and charts; Missions and missionaries: Australia; Missions and missionaries: New Zealand; Missions and missionaries: Pacific Islands; Morland, Lucy F.; New Zealand New Zealand: visits to; Paintings, drawings, and prints; Pierce, Thomas; Religion; Schools: Australia; Sharp, Isaac; Society of Friends; South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales ; Tasmania; Tasmania: missions; Walker, George W.; Wellington Friends Hostel, Tasmania; Wheeler, Daniel; Wright, Alfred; Zoology

Bibliography

Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 422, p165. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-397322928]

Biographical / Historical

The Society of Friends (commonly known as the Quakers) was founded in England by George Fox in the mid-seventeenth century. He argued that all humans were equal before God, and ranks, titles, consecrated buildings and ordained ministers were irrelevant to the individual seeking God. The movement became associated with quietism, pacifism, non-violence, sobriety in dress and manners, and concern for social reform. Partly on account of persecution, it soon spread to the British colonies in America and, on a smaller scale, to the Netherlands and Scandinavia.

The first Quaker to visit Australia and New Zealand was Sydney Parkinson, the artist on HMS Endeavour in 1769-1770. About 30 Quakers were transported or migrated to Australia before 1830. The numbers increased in the next twenty years, with 70 (excluding children) arriving in Van Diemen's Land, 90 in South Australia and 95 in New South Wales. During the gold rushes of the 1850s, almost 300 Quakers arrived in Victoria. In the same period, however, membership losses were significant, on account of deaths, disownments, individuals and families returning to England, and other reasons. In 1901 the number of members of Society of Friends meetings was a little over 500.

The arrival in 1831 of two Quaker missionaries, James Backhouse and George Washington Walker, had a profound effect on the organisation and survival of the Society of Friends in Australia. They stayed in Australia for over five years, mainly in Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales, but also visiting Moreton Bay, Norfolk Island, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. While they had a particular interest in investigating the treatment of convicts and Australian Aboriginals, they also preached, held meetings, distributed tracts, encouraged the formation of non-sectarian charities, and advocated the use of non-denominational schoolbooks. In Hobart they established the first Meeting for Discipline in 1833 and the first Yearly Meeting in 1834. In 1837 Backhouse bought a house in Hobart which served as a Meeting House for over forty years.

The Hobart Monthly Meeting was the parent meeting for the other Australian meetings. In Adelaide J.B. Hack organised the erection of a Meeting House in 1840, although a monthly meeting for Discipline was not established until 1843. In Melbourne a Meeting for Discipline was started in 1854 and a Meeting House opened in 1860. John Tawell erected a meeting house in Sydney in 1835, but it was sold a few years later. A new meeting house was opened in 1854, but the Sydney meeting struggled until Joseph Neave settled in Sydney in 1876. Meeting houses were erected in Brisbane in 1866 and Rockhampton in 1880. The secretaries of meetings maintained communications with the London Yearly Meeting and its committees. Members of particular families often held these positions for long periods: the Mather and Cotton families in Hobart, the Sayce family in Melbourne, the May family in Adelaide and the Hopkins family in Brisbane.

While Backhouse and Walker were in Australia, another English missionary, Daniel Wheeler, made brief visits to Hobart and Sydney. In the second half of the nineteenth century such visits became more frequent and strengthened the ties between the meetings in Australia and the London Meeting. Frederick Mackie and Robert Lindsey toured Australia and New Zealand in 1852-1855 and they were followed by Robert and Sarah Lindsey in 1861, Joseph Neave in 1867, William Benson in 1867-1868, Isaac Sharp in 1881-1882, William Jones in 1888-1889, Alfred Wright in 1891 and Maria Bishop in 1900-1903.

A major event in the history of the Society of Friends was the opening of the Friends' School in Hobart in 1887. A meeting of parents had appealed to the London Meeting for assistance in establishing a co-educational school open to both Friends and non-Friends. They received a positive response. Funds were raised, an English headmaster appointed, and textbooks and equipment were supplied from England. The School remained the responsibility of the London Meeting until 1923 and its reports, regular letters from the Hobart committee, and articles in The British Friend aroused considerable interest in England. With student boarders from all the Australian colonies, the Friends' School soon occupied an important place in Tasmanian educational life.

Intercolonial conferences of the Society of Friends were held in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1901 a conference recommended that an annual General Meeting for Australia be established and the proposal was approved by the London Yearly Meeting. The first meeting was held in Melbourne in 1902.

In New Zealand most Quakers lived in isolated communities and organisation was difficult. Regular meetings began in Nelson in 1840, but were discontinued after about 1860. A quarterly meeting was held in Auckland in 1870, but monthly meetings only began in 1885. Ann Fletcher Jackson and her husband Thomas arrived in New Zealand in 1879 and settled at Whangarei on the North Island. For nearly twenty years she travelled throughout the country encouraging the establishment of regular meetings. Annual meetings were started in Wellington in 1909, Auckland in 1910 and Dunedin in 1911. The first General Meeting for New Zealand was held in 1913. In 1909 the Society opened a hostel in Wellington to enable country children to attend secondary school and in 1920 it established a co-educational school at Whangarei.

References

William N. Oats. A question of survival: Quakers in Australia in the nineteenth century. Brisbane, University of Queensland Press, 1985.

Margaret West and Ruth Fawell. The story of New Zealand Quakerism 1842-1972. Auckland, Religious Society of Friends, 1973.

Item Descriptions

Series. Minutes of London General Meeting, 26 May 1834 - 1916

63 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M693-M694.

Minutes: Volume 24, 26 May 1834 (File Volume 24)

2 items

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Report from J. Backhouse and G.W. Walker in Van Diemen's Land, 26 May 1864 (Item f.446)

Account of Daniel Wheeler, 26 May 1835 (Item f.522)

Minutes: Volume 25, 6 May 1837 - 27 May 1841 (File Volume 25)

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Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 6 May 1837 (Item f.108)

Return of Daniel Wheeler, 29 May 1838 (Item ff.150-151)

Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 30 May 1838 (Item f.156)

Address to friends in Van Diemen's Land and South Australia, 25 May 1839 (Item ff.216-217)

Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 29 May 1839 (Item f.230)

Members considering emigration to Australia, 31 May 1839 (Item ff.236-237)

Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 26 May 1840 (Item f.276)

Members considering emigration to Australia, 29 May 1840 (Item f.292)

Account by James Backhouse of his engagements in Australia, 25 May 1841 (Item ff.334-335)

Friends who have emigrated, 27 May 1841 (Item f.342)

Minutes: Volume 26, 1 June 1855 (File Volume 26)

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Friends in South Hemisphere, 1 June 1855 (Item ff.563-564)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1857 (File)

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Friends in Hobart, [c.1857] (Item ff.38-39)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1858 (File)

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Meetings in Southern Hemisphere, [c.1858] (Item ff.15-16)

Report of Committee appointed to correspond with Friends abroad, [c.1858] (Item ff.46-47)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1859 (File)

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Pecuniary relief to Friends emigrating to Australia, [c.1859] (Item f.20)

Report from sufferings on Australia and New Zealand, [c.1859] (Item ff.33-38)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1860 (File)

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Relief to emigrants to Australia, [c.1860] (Item f.15)

Testimony to George W. Walker, [c.1860] (Item f.44)

Correspondence with Hobart, [c.1860] (Item ff.58-62)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1861 (File)

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Arrangements for an Australian Meeting of Discipline, [c.1861] (Item ff.17-21)

Report of Robert and Sarah Lindsey in Hawaii and Australia, [c.1861] (Item ff.64-81)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1862 (File)

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Relationship of yearly meetings in Australia, [c.1862] (Item f.32)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1863 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1863 (Item ff.6-7)

Letter from Hobart and Thomas Mason in landownership quarrel with Maoris, [c.1863] (Item ff.28-31)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1864 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1864 (Item ff.6-8)

Friends resident in Southern Hemisphere, 1864 (Item f.22)

Testimony of Hardshaw East concerning Robert Lindsey, 1864 (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1865 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1865 (Item ff.6-7)

Meetings for Discipline in Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart, [c.1865] (Item ff.36-37)

Letter to Sufferings from Sydney, [c.1865] (Item ff.46-49)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1866 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1866 (Item ff.7-8)

Friends in Southern Hemisphere, [c.1866] (Item f.17)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1867 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1867 (Item ff.12-14)

Service of Joseph Neave in Australia and New Zealand, [c.1867] (Item f.19)

Letters from Sydney and Hobart, [c.1867] (Item ff.32-36)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1868 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1868 (Item ff.7-8)

Letters from Tasmania and Victoria, [c.1868] (Item ff.33-34)

Australia: summaries of answers and letters from Tasmania and Victoria, [c.1868] (Item ff.44-49)

Visit of J.J. Neave and W. Robson to Australia, [c.1868] (Item ff.50-54)

Testimony of Margaret Yeardley, [c.1868] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1869 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1869 (Item ff.9-11)

Letters from Australia, [c.1869] (Item ff.34-41)

Testimony of James Backhouse, [c.1869] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1870 (File)

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Due to the method of filming the last page of some letters may run onto the next item.

Tabular statement for 1870 (Item ff.8-9)

Letters from Hobart and Melbourne, [c.1870] (Item f.19)

Letters from Australia and Melbourne school, [c.1870] (Item ff.35-40)

Report of J.J. Neave and W. Robson in Society Islands, [c.1870] (Item ff.76-81)

Epistle to Friends in Southern Hemisphere, [c.1870] (Item ff.81-82)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1871 (File)

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Due to the method of filming the last page of some letters may run onto the next item.

Tabular statements for 1871 (Item ff.10-11)

Letters from Hobart and Melbourne, [c.1871] (Item f.20)

Letters from Australia, [c. 1871] (Item ff.63-69)

Epistle to Friends in Southern Hemisphere, [c. 1871] (Item ff.69-70)

Report of J.J. Neave of visit to New Zealand, [c. 1871] (Item ff.70-73)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1872 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1872 (Item f.11)

Answers to queries from Australia, [c.1872] (Item f.37)

Report of progress of J.J. Neave, [c.1872] (Item ff.39-41)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1873 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1873 (Item ff.12-13)

Letters from Tasmania and Victoria, [c.1873] (Item ff.40-42)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1874 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1874 (Item ff.8-9)

Friends in Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1874] (Item ff.20-21)

Friends in Southern Hemisphere, [c. 1874] (Item f.41)

Letter from Tasmania, [c. 1874] (Item f.42)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1875 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1875 (Item ff.9-10)

Epistle to Friends in Australia, [c. 1875] (Item f.30)

Deputation to Australia, [c. 1875] (Item ff.48-49)

Testimony of Charles Sturt., [c.1875] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1876 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1876 (Item ff.7-8)

Report of deputation to Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1876] (Item ff.11-13)

Letters from Australia, [c. 1876] (Item ff.45-48)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1877 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1877 (Item ff.7-9)

Letters from Australia, [c. 1877] (Item ff.11-12)

Friends in Australia, [c. 1877] (Item ff.28-29)

Epistle to Friends in Australia, [c. 1877] (Item f.32)

Report on letters from Australia, [c. 1877] (Item ff.42-44)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1878 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1878 (Item ff.7-9)

Meeting on Ministry and Oversight, [c. 1878] (Item ff.19-20)

Report on letters from Australia, [c. 1878] (Item ff.50-51)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1879 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1879 (Item ff.6-9)

Letter from Australia, [c. 1879] (Item f.21)

Report on letters from Australia, [c. 1879] (Item ff.48-51)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1880 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1880 (Item ff.7-10)

Marriage regulations in Australia, [c. 1880] (Item f.31)

Report on Australasia, [c. 1880] (Item ff.47-50)

Marriage regulations in Australia, [c. 1880] (Item ff.55-56)

Mennonite fund, [c. 1880] (Item f.63)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1881 (File)

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Due to the method of filming the last page of some letters may run onto the next item.

Visit of Frederick Mackie of Adelaide, [c. 1881] (Item f.2)

Tabular statement for 1881 (Item ff.6-7)

Friends in Australian colonies, [c. 1881] (Item ff.11-12)

Journey of Isaac Sharp and Joseph Neve, [c. 1881] (Item ff.24-25)

Report on Isaac Sharp's journey to Australia, [c. 1881] (Item ff.46-48)

Report on Australasia, [c. 1881] (Item ff.49-51)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1882 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1882 (Item ff.6-8)

Journey of Isaac Sharp and Joseph Neve, [c. 1882] (Item f.13)

Report of Isaac Sharp's journey to Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1882] (Item ff.51-52)

Admittance to membership of Melbourne Monthly Meeting, [c. 1882] (Item f.55)

Reports on Australia, [c. 1882] (Item f.61)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1883 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1883 (Item ff.6-8)

Journeys of Isaac Sharp, [c. 1883] (Item f.13)

Journeys of Isaac Sharp, [c. 1883] (Item f.18)

Report of journey of Isaac Sharp to New Zealand and United States, [c. 1883] (Item ff.54-57)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1883] (Item ff.60-61)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1884 (File)

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Frederick Mackie, [c. 1884] (Item ff.1-2)

Tabular statement for 1884 (Item ff.7-9)

Return of Isaac Sharp, [c. 1884] (Item ff.31-33)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1884] (Item ff.62-64)

Testimony of Francis Cotton of Tasmania, [c. 1884] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1885 (File)

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Visit of Edward Sayce of Melbourne, [c. 1885] (Item ff.1-2)

Tabular statements for 1885 (Item ff.7-9)

Education of Friends' children in Australasia, [c. 1885] (Item ff.24-25)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1885] (Item ff.61-64)

Epistle to Friends in Australasia, [c. 1885] (Item ff.75-76)

Testimony to Robert Mather of Hobart, [c. 1885] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1886 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1886 (Item ff.8-10)

Hobart School, [c. 1886] (Item f.18)

Ann Jackson in New Zealand, [c. 1886] (Item f.20)

Hobart School, [c. 1886] (Item f.26)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1886] (Item ff.53-56)

Hobart School, [c. 1886] (Item ff.62-64)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1887 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1887 (Item ff.10-12)

Hobart School, [c. 1887] (Item f.21)

Sydney Meeting, [c. 1887] (Item ff.23-24)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1887] (Item ff.56-65)

Number of Friends in each country and colony, [c. 1887] (Item f.76)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1888 (File)

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Due to the method of filming the last page of some letters may run onto the next item.

Tabular statements for 1888 (Item ff.8-10)

Meeting house in Auckland, [c. 1888] (Item ff.24-25)

Emigration of Friends to the colonies, [c. 1888] (Item ff.25-26)

Sydney Monthly Meeting, [c. 1888] (Item f.53)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1888] (Item ff.56-65)

Testimony of Charles Fryer of Melbourne, [c. 1888] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1889 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1889 (Item ff.6-8)

Visits of Ann Jackson and William and Catherine Jones to Australia, [c. 1889] (Item f.24)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1889] (Item ff.60-64)

Interim report of visit of William and Katharine Jones to Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1889] (Item ff.68-71)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1890 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1890 (Item ff.7-9)

Hobart School, [c. 1890] (Item f.26)

Visit of William Jones to Australasia, [c. 1890] (Item f.36)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1890] (Item ff.62-66)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1891 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1891 (Item ff.5-8)

Friends School in Hobart, [c. 1891] (Item f.29)

Reports of Alfred Wright and W.J. Sayce in Australia, [c. 1891] (Item f.32)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1891] (Item ff.59-65)

Interim report of visit of Alfred Wright to Australia, [c. 1891] (Item f.89)

Report of visit of William Sayce to Australia, [c. 1891] (Item f.90)

Hobart School, [c. 1891] (Item f.106)

Testimony of Joseph Mather of Hobart, [c. 1891] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1892 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1892 (Item ff.7-9)

Visit of Joseph Neave from Australia, [c. 1892] (Item f.15)

Service of Samuel Morris and Jonathan Rhoads in Australia, [c. 1892] (Item f.16)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1892] (Item ff.86-91)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1893 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1893 (Item ff.11-14)

Loan to Hobart School, [c. 1893] (Item ff.92-93)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1893] (Item ff.96-102)

Testimony of Edward Sayce of Melbourne, [c. 1893] (Item ff.136-138)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1894 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1894 (Item ff.9-12)

Reports from Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1894] (Item ff.90-95)

Testimony of Frederick Mackie of Adelaide, [c. 1894] (Item f.152)

Testimony of Samuel Levitt of Melbourne, [c. 1894] (Item ff.161-162)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1895 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1895 (Item ff.12-14)

Epistle from Friends at Colyton, New Zealand, [c. 1895] (Item f.25)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1895] (Item ff.98-102)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1896 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1896 (Item ff.10-13)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1896] (Item ff.81-83)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1897 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1897 (Item ff.12-14)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1897] (Item ff.101-104)

Testimony of Isaac Sharp, [c. 1897] (Item ff.163-173)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1898 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1898 (Item ff.12-13)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1898] (Item ff.101-104)

Testimony of Hannah Fowler of Sydney, [c. 1898] (Item ff.146-148)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1899 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1899 (Item ff.11-14)

Burial ground at Nelson, New Zealand, [c. 1899] (Item f.23)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1899] (Item ff.119-121)

Testimony of Edward Dickenson of Melbourne, [c. 1899] (Item ff.183-184)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1900 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1900 (Item ff.12-15)

Auckland Monthly Meeting and preparative meeting at Rockhampton, [c. 1900] (Item ff.52-55)

Liberating minute to Henrietta Brown in Australasia, [c. 1900] (Item f.60)

Financial assistance to Friends in Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1900] (Item f.77)

Meetings in Auckland and Rockhampton, [c. 1900] (Item f.91)

Minute on Henrietta Brown, [c. 1900] (Item f.100)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1900] (Item ff.129-130)

Australasian Trust, [c. 1900] (Item ff.158-159)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1901 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1901 (Item ff.11-15)

Visit to Friends in New Zealand, [c. 1901] (Item f.83)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1901] (Item ff.118-119)

Australasia Friends' Fund, [c. 1901] (Item ff.171-172)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1902 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1902 (Item ff.10-14)

Establishment of General Meeting of Society of Friends for Australia, [c. 1902] (Item f.41)

Future government of Hobart School and appointment of Charles Holdsworth as correspondent for Australasia, [c. 1902] (Item ff.52-53)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1902] (Item ff.141-145)

Australasia Friends' Fund, [c. 1902] (Item ff.170-171)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1903 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1903 (Item ff.12-16)

Report of John Morland and Joshua and Isabel Rowntree of first General Meeting for Australia, [c. 1903] (Item ff.57-71)

Australia and New Zealand report, [c. 1903] (Item ff.159-160)

Deputation to Australia, [c. 1903] (Item ff.171-172)

Friends' High School, Hobart, [c. 1903] (Item ff.172-177)

Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1903] (Item ff.185-186)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1904 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1904 (Item ff.10-13)

Standing committee to deal with needs of Friends in Australia, [c. 1904] (Item ff.40-41)

Hobart School, [c. 1904] (Item f.81)

Death of Ann Fletcher in New Zealand and minute from General Meeting for Australia on Education Act, [c. 1904] (Item ff.87-88)

Death of Ann Fletcher in New Zealand, [c. 1904] (Item f.108)

Australian and New Zealand reports, [c. 1904] (Item ff.208-211)

Hobart School, [c. 1904] (Item ff.215-217)

Testimony of Ann Fletcher of Auckland, [c. 1904] (Item ff.239-246)

Testimony of William May of Hobart, [c. 1904] (Item ff.254-255)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1905 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1905 (Item ff.14-18)

Memberships transferred to Australian Meeting, [c. 1905] (Item ff.29-30)

Position of Friends in New Zealand, [c. 1905] (Item f.62)

Friends' High School, Hobart, [c. 1905] (Item f.70)

Report on New Zealand, [c. 1905] (Item ff.184-185)

Report on Australia; Report of Friends' High School, Hobart; Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1905] (Item ff.189-194)

Report on New Zealand, [c. 1905] (Item ff.205-207)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1906 (File)

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Tabular returns for 1906 (Item ff.19-23)

Removals to Australia, [c. 1906] (Item ff.47-48)

Reports of Australian committees, [c. 1906] (Item ff.87-88)

Visit of Edward and Edith Annett to New Zealand, [c. 1906] (Item f.103)

Report on New Zealand, [c. 1906] (Item ff.177-178)

Report on Australia, [c. 1906] (Item ff.182-184)

Hobart School, [c. 1906] (Item ff.202-203)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1907 (File)

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Position of Friends in New Zealand, [c. 1907] (Item ff.17-18)

Tabular statements for 1907 (Item ff.24-27)

Colonial correspondence, [c. 1907] (Item ff.89-90)

Report of Australasian Committee, [c. 1907] (Item ff.103-106)

Reports of Australian Committee and Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1907] (Item ff.164-165)

Testimony of Rachel Mackie of Hobart, [c. 1907] (Item ff.195-197)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1908 (File)

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Visit of Edward and Edith Annett to New Zealand, [c. 1908] (Item f.13)

Tabular returns for 1908 (Item ff.29-33)

Reports of Australian Committee and Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1908] (Item ff.50-51)

Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1908] (Item f.69)

Reports of Australasian Committee and Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1908] (Item ff.142-143)

Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1908] (Item ff.218-220)

Testimony of William Beck, [c. 1908] (Item f.221)

Testimony of Henrietta Brown, [c. 1908] (Item ff.226-229)

Testimony of Joseph Dymond, [c. 1908] (Item ff.240-243)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1909 (File)

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New Zealand Conference of Friends, [c. 1909] (Item f.7)

Report of Australasian Committee, [c. 1909] (Item ff.32-35)

Tabular returns for 1909 (Item ff.44-49)

Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1909] (Item ff.140-142)

Australasian Committee, [c. 1909] (Item ff.150-151)

Receipt of reports, [c. 1909] (Item f.161)

Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1909] (Item f.215)

Hobart deputation, [c. 1909] (Item ff.220-222)

Testimony of Walter Morice, [c. 1909] (Item ff.260-263)

Testimony of Geoffrey Williams of Hobart, [c. 1909] (Item ff.281-284)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1910 (File)

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Thomas Hodgkin in Australia, [c. 1910] (Item f.11)

Establishment of Friends' Hostel at Wellington, [c. 1910] (Item ff.17-18)

Tabular returns for 1910 (Item ff.20-26)

Report of Colonial Committee, [c. 1910] (Item f.64)

Report on Australasia, [c. 1910] (Item ff.121-127)

Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1910] (Item ff.187-190)

Letters to Friends in Australia and New Zealand, [c. 1910] (Item ff.200-201)

Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1910] (Item f.245)

Australian journeys (includes maps), [c. 1910] (Item f.260)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1911 (File)

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Tabular statement for 1911 (Item ff.44-49)

Visit of Sarah Lury and Elizabeth Rutter to New Zealand, [c. 1911] (Item ff.89-90)

Reports of Australasian Committee and Australasian Finance Committees, [c. 1911] (Item ff.91-95)

Report of Colonial Committee, [c. 1911] (Item ff.59-60)

Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1911] (Item f.154)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1912 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1912 (Item ff.29-33)

Australasian Defence Acts, [c. 1912] (Item ff.102-109)

Australasian Committee and Finance Committee reports, [c. 1912] (Item ff.120-124)

Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1912] (Item ff.148-152)

Minutes received, [c. 1912] (Item f.160)

New Zealand Defence Act, [c. 1912] (Item ff.162-163)

Auckland Meeting House, [c. 1912] (Item ff.218-219)

Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1912] (Item ff.225-231)

Peace work in New Zealand, [c. 1912] (Item f.235)

Wellington Meeting, [c. 1912] (Item ff.243-244)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1913 (File)

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Tabular statements for 1913 (Item ff.36-39)

New Zealand Meetings, [c. 1913] (Item f.66)

Colonial Committee report, [c. 1913] (Item ff.75-76)

Australasian Defence Acts Committee, [c. 1913] (Item ff.106-114)

Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1913] (Item ff.149-152)

Minutes received, [c. 1913] (Item f.162)

Australasian finance and Australasian Defence Acts, [c. 1913] (Item ff.214-215)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1914 (File)

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Report of J.H. Thorp in Australia, [c. 1914] (Item f.16)

Friends' School, Hobart, [c. 1914] (Item ff.39-42)

Tabular statements for 1914 (Item ff.67-70)

New Zealand General Meeting, [c. 1914] (Item f.108)

Australasian report, [c. 1914] (Item ff.117-119)

Australasian Defence Acts, [c. 1914] (Item ff.120-124)

Alfred Brown on Australian Aboriginals, [c. 1914] (Item f.191)

Colonial Committee report, [c. 1914] (Item ff.211-212)

Minutes received, [c. 1914] (Item f.228)

Australasian Friends' Fund and Defence Acts, [c. 1914] (Item ff.279-282)

New Zealand Meeting, [c. 1914] (Item f.287)

Australian Aboriginals, [c. 1914] (Item f.300)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1915 (File)

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Friends liberated for service abroad, [c. 1915] (Item ff.129-131)

Report of Australasian Committee, [c. 1915] (Item ff.201-206)

Friends' High School, Hobart, [c. 1915] (Item ff.206-214)

Tabular statements for 1915 (Item f.221)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extracts), 1916 (File)

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New Zealand school, [c. 1916] (Item ff.49-51)

Tabular statements for 1916 (Item ff.86-89)

Friends liberated for overseas service, [c. 1916] (Item ff.163-164)

Report of Australasian Committee, [c. 1916] (Item ff.165-168)

Australasian Friends' Fund, [c. 1916] (Item ff.168-169)

Hobart School Endowment Fund, [c. 1916] (Item ff.169-172)

Series. Minutes of the London Meeting for Sufferings, 1823 - 1916

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The minutes were filmed selectively. The index in every volume was filmed.

Archival History

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Biographical / Historical

The London Meeting for Sufferings originated in 1675 in an attempt to secure redress from the sufferings that Friends in Britain were experiencing. It originally met weekly, but by the end of the eighteenth century it usually met each month. As its original functions declined, it was redefined by the London Yearly Meeting in 1833 as 'a standing Committee of this meeting … entrusted with a general care of whatever may arise during the intervals of this meeting, affecting our religious society, and requiring immediate attention'.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 43, 1823 - 1831 (File)

Select pages: 634-635.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 44, 1831 - 1839 (File)

Select pages: 7-8, 11, 46, 91-92, 109, 112, 120, 151-152, 154, 163, 167, 171, 184, 186, 192, 195, 208, 212, 224-225, 227, 229, 242, 245, 262, 265-266, 276, 314-315, 318, 368, 374, 395, 423, 503, 541-542, 554, 591.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 45, 1840 - 1848 (File)

Select pages: 4, 7, 22-23, 42, 50, 80, 92-93, 119, 167, 207-208, 228-229, 294-295, 298, 304, 341, 367, 375, 386-388, 442-443, 452-453, 470, 472, 476, 486-487, 491, 493, 514, 532-533, 574.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 46, 1849 - 1857 (File)

Select pages: 18, 110, 117-118, 163-164, 270, 272, 329, 423, 470, 482-483, 551-552.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 47, 1857 - 1865 (File Volume 47)

Select pages: 1, 23, 64, 112-113, 118, 127, 136, 177, 275-278, 284, 295-297, 300-301, 338, 346-347, 370, 375-377, 380-381, 411, 440-441, 445, 489-490, 530-531, 558-560, 587, 601, 631-632.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 48, 1865 - 1875 (File)

Select pages: 30-31, 114, 127, 172, 205, 227, 259-262, 266, 282, 285, 293, 312, 318, 321-322, 325, 327, 331, 369, 380, 451, 461, 464-465, 596, 600-601, 605, 608, 612-613, 616.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 49, 1875 - 1885 (File)

Select pages: 6, 27-28, 36, 40, 44, 51, 55, 59, 61, 68, 90, 110-112, 117-118, 131, 160-166, 173, 181, 211, 253-254, 258, 262, 274, 323, 342, 350-353, 355, 419, 431, 447-448, 468, 488, 505, 511, 518-519, 522, 536-537, 539-540, 553, 575, 609, 613-614, 616, 618-20, 621, 628, 631.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 50, 1885 - 1892 (File)

Select pages: 5, 6, 11, 24, 29-30, 40, 111-112, 115-116, 119, 121-124, 138-140, 163-164, 168, 171, 173-174, 197, 208-211, 217-218, 226, 278, 281, 283, 285, 309, 314, 322, 324, 436, 448, 452-453, 455-456, 465-468, 470-471, 477, 520, 522, 535-536, 549, 550-552, 560, 577-578, 545-546, 638, 647, 655-656, 660-661.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 51, 1892 - 1896 (File)

Select pages: 1, 3, 10, 19-20, 29, 32, 37, 47, 55-57, 63, 65, 67, 86-89, 98-102, 194, 284, 300, 304, 469-470, 536-538, 603-604, 618-620, 634.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 52, 1896 - 1900 (File)

Select pages: 12-13, 128-129, 204-205, 237, 319, 377, 402, 421-422, 433, 454, 477, 488, 533, 559-560, 573-5, 577, 593-595, 605, 608-609, 616, 637, 654-655, 657-658, 665, 669.

Also includes papers between pp. 377-378, 421-422, 453-454, 493-494, 577-578, 637-638.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 53, 1900 - 1905 (File)

Select pages: 2, 12, 21, 47-49, 64, 74, 79, 84, 110, 169-171, 209, 228, 238-240, 244, 250, 253-254, 262, 267, 276, 286-287, 297-299, 305, 310, 343, 374, 376, 384-388, 393, 399, 408, 414-416, 438-440, 446-449, 468-9, 479, 485, 489, 523-524, 531-532, 549-551, 573-6, 582-583, 585-586, 595,621.

Also includes papers between pp. 21-22, 297-298, 385-386, 485-486, 551-552, 573-574, 575-576, 583-584, 585-586.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 54, 1905 - 1907 (File)

Select pages: 11, 30, 119, 132, 135, 143-144, 155, 161, 173, 222-223, 227, 254-255, 262, 280, 289, 297, 302, 309, 310-311, 313, 315-316, 338, 348, 360-361.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 55, 1908 - 1912 (File)

Select pages: 3, 54, 64, 74, 83-85, 104, 108-109, 116, 122-123, 137-138, 156, 160, 171-172, 177, 190-191, 197-198, 233-234, 247-248, 254-256, 262, 264, 278, 291, 295, 307, 312-313, 343-346, 353, 374, 381, 384, 388, 396, 407, 420, 439-40, 452-453, 459-462, 470-472, 480, 488, 496.

Minutes (select) - Vol. 56, 1912 - 1916 (File)

Select pages: 6, 11, 14-15, 19, 22-23, 25, 34-37, 40-42, 47-49, 50-51, 58, 63-64, 69, 75, 90, 94, 100, 123-124, 142-144, 144-145, 149-151, 153-154, 156-157, 163-164, 169, 176, 189-190, 201, 204, 211, 237, 277, 286, 290, 292, 297, 302, 309, 328, 331, 335-337, 355-356, 365, 383-384, 391, 406, 413, 422, 424, 439, 462, 470, 473, 493, 496.

Series. Testimonies concerning ministers deceased, 1831 - 1872

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Biographical / Historical

In 1740 the Yearly Meeting decided that accounts of deceased ministering Friends sent by local meetings to London should be copied in a book. From 1760 onwards testimonies were also included in the Yearly Meeting Proceedings. In the nineteenth century testimonies were included of Friends other than recorded ministers.

Testimonies, 1831 - 1850 (File Volume 6)

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Daniel Wheeler, [c. 1831-1850] (Item ff.224-231)

Daniel Wheeler, [c. 1831-1850] (Item ff.244-246)

John Bell, [c. 1831-1850] (Item ff.398-400)

Testimonies, 1851 - 1872 (File Volume 7)

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Robert Lindsey, [c. 1851-1872] (Item ff.251-255)

James Backhouse, [c. 1851-1872] (Item ff.351-352)

Thomas Pierce, [c. 1851-1872] (Item ff.366-369)

Series. Epistles: casual correspondence, 1785 - 1881

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Correspondence between the London Yearly Meeting and other yearly meetings were entered in manuscript volumes known as 'Epistles sent' and 'Epistles received'. Correspondence from overseas Quaker groups, which were not formally recognised as yearly meetings, was entered in a separate volume entitled 'Casual correspondence'.

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Archival History

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Case 33, 1785 - 1881 (File)

Select pages: 230, 237-242, 246, 253-254, 267-269, 278-283, 302-306, 311-313, 315-316, 323-325, 335-341, 351-355, 359-360, 373-374, 377-382, 386-388, 393-395, 400-405, 408-409 and index.

The selections comprise copies of epistles from the Committee for Suffering to Friends in Van Diemen's Land (1835-1859), South Australia (1838-1858), New South Wales (1844-1858) and Victoria (1854-1858). There are also copies of epistles from the Yearly Meeting in Van Diemen's Land to the Committee for Suffering (1844-1857).

Series. Minutes of the Continental Committee, June 1817 - October 1905

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The volumes of minutes, which contain indexes, were filmed in their entirety. The 1830-1842 minutes are missing.

Archival History

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Biographical / Historical

In 1817 the Meeting for Sufferings set up a committee, later known as the Continental Committee, to maintain oversight of Quaker groups overseas where there was no settled Yearly Meeting. The Committee was responsible for the care of friends in Australia and New Zealand until 1903 (in the case of Australia) and 1906 (in the case of New Zealand).

Minutes of the Continental Committee, July 1817 - November 1830 (File Volume 65)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, May 1842 - August 1868 (File Volume 66)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, September 1868 - April 1884 (File Volume 67)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, June 1884 - April 1891 (File Volume 68)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, July 1891 - March 1898 (File Volume 69)

Minutes of the Continental Committee, June 1898 - October 1905 (File Volume 70)

Series. Minutes of the Australasian Committee, November 1903 - May 1919

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In 1902 the London General Meeting approved the establishment of the Australia General Meeting. In 1903 it appointed an Australian Committee to correspond with the Committee of the Australian General Meeting. From 1906 onwards it also corresponded with Friends in New Zealand and the name was changed to the Australasian Committee.

Minutes of the Australasian Committee, November 1903 - July 1906 (File Volume 1)

Minutes of the Australasian Committee, September 1906 - April 1909 (File Volume 2)

Minutes of the Australasian Committee, May 1909 - February 1914 (File Volume 3)

Minutes of the Australasian Committee, March 1914 - May 1919 (File Volume 4)

Series. Portfolio Series, 13 November 1832 - 24 December 1923

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Portfolio: Volume 6, 1 June 1867 (File Volume 6)

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Joseph Thorp to Friends in Australia, New Zealand and South Seas, 1 June 1867 (Item ff. 59)

Visit of Joseph Neave.

Portfolio: Volume 8, November 1841 - 14 November 1911 (File Volume 8)

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List of members of the Society of Friends in Australia in 1853-1854 and letters from Friends in Australia, 1854-1869 (Item ff.1-48)

Including Joseph Mather (Hobart, Melbourne), Frederick Mackie (Adelaide, Calcutta), William May (Mt Barker, SA), William Robinson (Melbourne), Edward May (Adelaide), Samuel Levitt (Melbourne), Elinor Clifton (Australind, WA), Edward Sayce (Melbourne) letter from James Backhouse (York), 1843 addresses from the Society in London to Friends in Australia.

Promissory note signed by J.B. Hack (Adelaide), 4 January 1842 (Item f.63)

J.T. to [unknown]: land transaction, November 1841 (Item f.88)

J. Fletcher Jackson (Te Papapa) to Isaac Sharp, 14 November 1911 (Item f.125)

Early history of Friends in New Zealand.

Portfolio: Volume 17, 16 August 1834 - 2 January 1841 (File Volume 17)

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George Walker (Hobart) to Peter Bedford, 16 August 1834 (Item f.103)

Bill of £100 in favour of William Wilson.

John Tawell (London) to Meeting for Suffering, 4 December 1839 (Item f.115)

Growing number of Friends in Sydney, erection of meeting house, James Backhouse.

John Tawell (London) to Meeting for Suffering, 2 January 1841 (Item f.116)

Meeting house at Sydney.

Portfolio: Volume 18, 13 November 1832 (File Volume 18)

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James Backhouse and George Walker to Col. George Arthur, 13 November 1832 (Item ff.14)

Report of visit to penal settlement at Port Arthur. (6pp)

Portfolio: Volume 19, 10 June 1847 (File Volume 19)

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T.M. (Hobart) to Edward Scott, 10 June 1847 (Item f.64)

Meetings of Friends in Van Diemen's Land.

Portfolio: Volume 25, 15 April 1907 (File Volume 25)

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Joseph and Mary Everett (Melbourne) to Isaac Sharp, 15 April 1907 (Item f.67)

Despatch of documents written by Margaret Fox in 1798-1800.

Portfolio: Volume 28, 22 April 1907 (File Volume 28)

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William Benson (Sydney) to Isaac Sharp, 22 April 1907 (Item f.93)

Encloses letters of Margaret Fox.

Portfolio: Volume 30, 1 October 1833 (File Volume 30)

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James Backhouse (Hobart) to John Cadbury, 1 October 1833 (Item f.72)

Account of activities in Van Diemen's Land, Colonel. George Arthur, improvement in prison discipline, Friends in Hobart. (typed copy)

Portfolio: Volume 40, 22 November 1908 - 24 December 1923 (File Volume 40)

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Charles Robey (Hobart) to C.J. Holdsworth, 22 November 1908 (Item f.70)

Sends list of Australian Friends.

Mary Pumphrey (New Zealand) to A. Brayshaw, 24 December 1923 (Item f.96)

Recollections of Josiah Forster.

Series. Papers of Daniel Wheeler, 1771 - 1846

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Archival History

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Biographical / Historical

Daniel Wheeler (1771-1840), who was born in London, served in the Army and the Royal Navy between 1781 and 1796. He joined the Society of Friends in 1790 and was accepted as a minister in 1816. He lived in Russia from 1817 to 1828 and established model farms at Ohkto and Shoosharry. In 1833, accompanied by his son Charles, he left London on 'a voyage of concern' to the Pacific. The Henry Freeling first sailed to Hobart and Sydney and then spent two years in the Pacific, visiting the Society Islands, Sandwich Islands, Friendly Islands and Rarotonga. After calling again at Hobart and Sydney, Wheeler returned to London in 1838. His Letters and journals, edited by Charles Wheeler, was published in 1839.

Correspondence and papers of Daniel and Charles Wheeler, 26 June 1832 - 1846 (File Volume 2)

Correspondence written to Daniel Wheeler's children, the letters discuss his proposed journey to the South Seas, fitting out of the Henry Freeling, the departure from England (November 1833), the retirement of Cuthbert Wigham from the expedition, and the numerous delays. Other correspondents include William Ellis, Catherine Gurney and R.W. Hay (Colonial Office).

The bulk of the other letters were written by Charles Wheeler (1812-1848) to his brothers and sisters in Russia, but there are also a number of letters, and extracts from letters and journals, of Daniel Wheeler.

Other correspondents include Sarah Wheeler (Shoosharry, Russia), Joshua Wheeler (Liverpool), Sarah Backhouse (York), Josiah Forster (London), George Braithwaite (Kendal), George Stacey (London), John Kitching (London), Alexander Maconochie (Hobart), John Tawell (Sydney), John Thomas (Lifuka) and James Watkin (Nuku'alofa).

The subjects of the correspondence include the voyage to Australia, visits to Hobart and Sydney, meeting held in Sydney, voyaging in the Pacific, arrival at Tahiti, relations with missionaries, arrival at Sandwich Islands, missionaries on the islands, invitations to Daniel Wheeler to preach, the voyage to the Friendly Islands, relations with Wesleyan Methodist missionaries, the visit to the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, return voyage to England, Daniel Wheeler's journey to America in 1838 and the publication of his memoirs.

Includes extracts from Daniel's journal, hymns, invitations, maps, printed works, prints of Sydney and Australian Aboriginals, plates from Cook's Voyages, issues of Ke Kumu Hawaii (1834-1836) and The Irish Friend (1838).

Also includes index to Volume 2.

Wheeler's certificate case, [c. 1771-1832] (File 2)

The contents of Daniel Wheeler's certificate case consist of the will of Robert Saunderson (1771), the birth certificates of several of Wheeler's children (1801-1816), an address in Tahitian signed by Josiah Forster, a copy of a letter of introduction to the inhabitants of Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales and the Pacific Islands, signed by Forster (1832) and the marriage certificate of Daniel Wheeler and Jane Brady.

Daybook, 1833 - 1838 (File 3)

The daybook records expenses incurred by Wheeler on the voyage of the Henry Freeling, including his stays at Hobart, Sydney, Tahiti, Eimeo. Huahine, Raiatea, Borabora, Kalakekua, Lahaina, Honolulu, Tanai ????, Rarotonga, Vavau, Lifuka and Bay of Islands, November 1833 – April 1838.

Series. Papers of James Backhouse, August 1831 - January 1868

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Biographical / Historical

James Backhouse (1794-1869) was born into a Quaker family in Darlington, Durham. He trained in a nursery in Norwich and in 1816 he and his brother bought a nursery in York. His interest in education, Bible societies, temperance, and prison conditions led to his decision to make an extended visit to the Australian colonies. With financial support from the London Yearly Meeting, Backhouse and George Washington Walker left England in September 1831. They spent three years in Van Diemen's Land, where they visited and reported on all the penal and Aboriginal settlements. They also formed a Monthly Meeting and later a Yearly Meeting and established a meeting house in Hobart. They did similar work in New South Wales and Norfolk Island in 1835-1837, as well as visiting hospitals, asylums and prisons and distributing tracts, Bibles and non-sectarian textbooks. They made shorter visits to Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth before sailing to Mauritius and South Africa in 1838. Backhouse returned to England in 1841 and resumed his nursery business. He was the author of A narrative of a visit to the Australian colonies (1843).

Letterbook no. 1, December 1831 - January 1835 (File MS Vol. S48)

Most of the letters comprise copies of letters written by Backhouse and Walker, but there are also a few copies of letters that they had received. The recipients include Colonel George Arthur, Sir Richard Bourke, Reverend William G. Broughton, William Butters, Thomas F. Buxton, Elizabeth Fry, Lord Goderich, David Lord, J. Allan Manton and William Schofield.

There are also copies of a number of reports by Backhouse and Walker including reports on the penal settlements at Macquarie harbour and Port Arthur, a report on the settlements of the Van Diemen's land Company, a report on the chain gangs and road parties, a report on the establishment for the Indigenous Australians, a list of reformed prisoners, and observations on the distillation, importation and sale of spirits. (1-332pp)

Letterbook no. 2, July 1835 - October 1867 (File MS Vol. S57)

Most of the letters were written by Backhouse. The recipients include Sir Richard Bourke, Thomas F. Buxton, Sir George Grey, Captain Alexander Maconochie, Sir George Napier, Thomas Pierce and E. Deas Thomson.

In addition, there are reports on a visits to the penal settlements at Norfolk Island and Moreton Bay and the mission station at Lake Macquarie, a report on various subjects connected with New South Wales, and a comparison of prisoners in Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales. There are also various reports on Mauritius and South Africa and correspondence concerning the Friends burial ground at Sydney (1867). (282pp)

Letterbook no. 4, October 1837 - May 1841 (File MS Vol. S69)

The letters were written by Backhouse, mostly while he was living in South Africa in 1838-1841. The recipients include George Bell (Sydney), Abraham Davy (Sydney), A.C. Flower (Hobart), Ronald Gunn (Launceston), A.C. Innes (Port Macquarie), Major Irwin (Perth), George Langhorne (Port Phillip), Robert A. Mather (Sydney), George Moore (Perth) and Anna Maria Whitfield (Perth). There is also a letter to missionaries proceeding to the South Pacific on the Camden. (358pp)

Letterbook no. 5, June 1841 - January 1868 (File MS Vol. S58)

The letters were written by Backhouse after he returned to England in 1841. There are a few Australian recipients, such as Abraham Davy, John Tawell and Arthur Wood. (268pp)

Transcript of journal, Volume 1, August 1831 - April 1832 (File MS Box 61/1)

The journal covers Backhouse's voyage from England and his early days in Van Diemen's Land. (336pp)

Transcript of journal, Volume 2, May 1832 - July 1833 (File MS Box 61/1)

The journal describes the travels of Backhouse and Walker in Van Diemen's Land. (390pp)

Account book (445pp), August 1831 - May 1841 (File MS Vol. S355)

Series. Papers of Robert and Sarah Lindsey, October 1851 - July 1861

9 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reels M699-M700.

Biographical / Historical

Robert Lindsey (1801-1863) was born near Leeds, Yorkshire, and educated at Ackworth School. In 1822 he started business as a draper. He married Sarah Crosland (1804-1876) in 1828. He first spoke as a Quaker minister in 1840. In 1846, having given up his business, he began a five year tour of the United States, accompanied by Benjamin Seebohm. In 1852 he sailed to Australia with Frederick McKie (1812-1893) and in the next three years they visited all the Australian colonies and also New Zealand. In 1860-1861 Lindsey again toured the Australian colonies in the company of his wife. Travels of Robert and Sarah Lindsey, edited by their daughter, was published in 1886.

Australasian itinerary, November 1852 - November 1855 (File MS Vol. S228)

The notebook records Lindsey's location on each day from the time he arrived in Australia until he left South Africa, together with the distance he had travelled by sea and land. It also contains a list of persons connected with the Society of Friends in Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia and a list of letters he had written.

Memorandum journal, October 1851 - May 1856 (File MS Vol. S240)

The first part of the journal records Lindsey's daily activities in England before his departure from Gravesend in July 1852 (p.92). It then describes his tour of the Australian colonies, New Zealand and South Africa and his return to England in January 1856. (268p)

Memorandum of a religious visit to Australasia No.1, July 1852 - August 1853 (File MS Vol. S241)

The journal records in much greater detail the voyage of Lindsey and McKie to Australia and their travels in Van Diemen's Land, New Zealand and New South Wales. (ff.1-393)

Memorandum of a religious visit to Australasia No. 2, August 1853 - January 1855 (File MS Vol. S242)

The journal records the travels of Lindsey and McKie in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. (ff.394-951).

Memorandum of a religious visit to Australasia No.3, January 1855 - January 1856 (File MS Vol. S243)

The journal records the departure of Lindsey and McKie from Melbourne, their travels in Western Australia and South Africa and their return to England. (ff.952-1386)

Lindsey's American journal, No. 3, March 1860 - September 1860 (File MS Vol. S233)

The journal kept by Sarah Lindsey describes the voyage of Robert and Sarah Lindsey from San Francisco to Honolulu, their travels in the Hawaiian Islands (April-June 1860), their return to San Francisco and departure on the voyage to Australia. (ff.182-276)

Lindsey's American journal, No. 4, September 1860 - July 1861 (File MS Vol. 234)

The journal kept by Sarah Lindsey describes the voyage of Robert and Sarah Lindsey across the Pacific on the Lizzie Spalding, their arrival in Melbourne, travels in Victoria, Tasmania and New South Wales, meetings with Quakers, the departure from Melbourne on the Agincourt, and the voyage to England. (167p)

Memorandum journal, No. 15, May 1859 - January 1861 (File MS Vol. S244)

The journal kept by Robert Lindsey describes travels in the United States, the visit to Hawaii, the voyage across the Pacific on the Lizzie Spalding, travels in Victoria and Tasmania, and meetings with Quakers in the two colonies. (ff.69-209)

Memorandum journal, No. 16, January 1861 - July 1861 (File MS Vol. S245)

The last journal kept by Robert Lindsey describes the travels of Robert and Sarah Lindsey in Tasmania and New South Wales and the voyage home to England on the Agincourt. The remainder of the journal, which was not filmed, covers the period up to Lindsey's death in 1863. (ff.1-91)

Series. Manuscripts Boxes, 1833 - 1936

41 items

Filmed selectively.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M700-M705.

'The days of our fathers: John Barton Hack' (File MS Box 1/9)

An account of the Quaker John B. Hack of South Australia, written by 'an old-timer'. (Typescript, 7p).

Elizabeth B. Rutter. Account of the founding of the Friends' Hostel, Wellington. (Typescript, 15p), November 1922 (File MS Box 2/4)

Letters of Joseph Neave, mostly written from Sydney, to Friends at Rockhampton (9 letters), 1888 - 1912 (File MS Box 5/13)

Circular letters by Joseph Taylor written during a visit to Australia and New Zealand (Typescript, 10 letters), March 1911 - December 1911 (File MS Box 5/23)

Minutes of Committee of Meeting for Sufferings, February 1835 - September 1836 (File MS Box 13/1)

The minutes refer to Daniel Wheeler, James Backhouse, George Washington Walker and John and Martha Yeardley. (14p)

Epistles to and from Australia and New Zealand, 1867 - 1909 (File MS Box 14)

The correspondents include William Rokes (Sydney), Arthur Wood (Sydney), Joseph Neave (Sydney), Edward Sayce (Melbourne), J.A. Horsfall (Melbourne), William Cooper (Melbourne), Samuel Levitt (Melbourne), William Benson (Melbourne), A.A. Sayce (Melbourne), James Cotton (Hobart), William May (Hobart), J. Francis Mather (Hobart), Thomas Mather (Hobart), Joseph Mather (Hobart), Francis Hopkins (Rockhampton), Thomas Robson (Adelaide), Herbert Bond (Brisbane), Lewis Smith (Brisbane), Robert West (Auckland) and J. Fletcher Jackson (Auckland).

The epistles are in printed, manuscript or typescript form. Some of them consist of drafts. London correspondents writing to Friends in Australia and New Zealand include Joseph Crosfield, Joseph Fry, Caleb Kemp, Elizabeth Backhouse and Charles Holdsworth (London).

Letters of Henrietta Brown (Rockhampton, Adelaide), E. Maria Bishop (Perth) and Sarah Lury (New Zealand), mostly to Edward Ransome, 1900 - 1903 (File MS Box 15/1)

Letters of E. Maria Bishop (Adelaide, Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane, Launceston, Rockhampton, Sydney, Perth), 1900 - 1903 (File MS Box 15)

Journal of E. Maria Bishop while travelling in Australia (ff.18-116), October 1900 - December 1902 (File MS Box 15)

Letters of Henrietta Brown (Luton) mostly to Charles Holdsworth, 1904 - 1906 (File MS Box 15)

Includes letters to Brown from J. Francis Mather (Hobart).

Letters of Henrietta Brown (Luton) to Charles Holdsworth, 1906 - 1907 (File MS Box 15)

Also a copy of a letter from Judiana Pierson (Melbourne) to Brown.

Tasmanian letters and answers to queries, 1869 - 1900 (File MS Box 15)

Including letters of James Cotton, Joseph Mather, Francis Cotton, J.B. Hodgkin, William Beck and J. Francis Mather. They were mostly addressed to Edwin Ransome in London and there are also copies of some of his letters.

Correspondence between Edwin Ransome (London) and William and Katherine Jones, 1888 - 1890 (Item MS Box 16)

The letters from William and Katherine Jones were sent from London, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Brisbane, Townsville, Shanghai, Kyoto, Tokyo and Philadelphia.

Letters to Charles Holdsworth, 1902 (Item MS Box 16)

Concerning the interest and application of Annie Milne in a position on the staff of the Friends School, Hobart.

Papers of Edwin Ransome relating to Australia and New Zealand, 1900 - 1906 (Item MS Box 16)

They include notes by Ransome concerning Australia, letters about the Australasian Friends Trust and the Friends School, Hobart and notes about the burial ground at Nelson.

Cuttings from Australian newspapers and The Friend (London) and The British Friend (Glasgow), 1874 - 1878 (Item MS Box 16)

Concerning the 1875 deputation to Australia.The members of the deputation were William Beck, Alfred Wright and J.J. Dymond. There are also notes on Australia published by Beck in the Quarterly Examiner, the report of the deputation to the Continental Committee, extracts from the journal of J.J. Dymond, letters written by members of the deputation to Edwin Ransome, and notes about Quakers in each of the Australian colonies and New Zealand.

Australian Friends, 1875 (Item MS Box 16/5)

Correspondence of Edwin Ransome and William Benson (Melbourne), 1901 - 1902 (Item MS Box 16)

Concerning Australian General Meeting. Together with printed proceedings and minutes.

Papers concerning the deputation of John Morland and Joshua Rowntree to the Australian General Meeting, 1902 (Item MS Box 16)

Including letters written during their visits to Melbourne, Rockhampton, Brisbane, Hobart and Napier.

Epistles to the London Yearly Meeting, correspondence, letters of Edwin Ransome and other papers relating to the Melbourne General Meeting, 1868 - 1902 (Item MS Box 16)

The correspondents include Edwin Ransome (London), William Beck (London), Edward Sayce (Melbourne), Sarah Creeth (Melbourne), John Horsfall (Melbourne) and William Benson (Melbourne).

Papers of Alfred H. Brown, 1912 - 1918 (Item MS Box 17)

Including reports of his travels in Australia and New Zealand, his reports on the Friends' School in Hobart and Friends' schools in America (1916), letters from Brown to Charles Holdsworth and others, and miscellaneous papers relating to the Friends' School in Hobart. The correspondents include J. Francis Mather (Hobart), E.I. Gower (Hobart) and William Cooper (Sydney).

Letters of Edward A. Annett to Albert Crosfield, 1905 - 1907 (Item MS Box 17)

Written in Auckland, Russell, Hamilton, Christchurch, Wellington, Dunedin, New Plymouth and Napier.

Circular letters of Herbert and Mary Grace Corder to Barrow Cadbury (Bournville) and others, February 1911 - October 1911 (Item MS Box 17)

Written in Wellington, Havelock North, Dunedin, Christchurch, Sydney.

Two copies of the minutes of the Hobart Monthly Meeting, September 1833 - October 1834 (Item MS Box 18)

With a list of members of the Hobart Monthly Meeting. (120p)

Answers to queries and letters from Friends in South Australia to William Beck, Edwin Ransome and others, 1868 - 1903 (Item MS Box 18)

The correspondents include William May, Joseph Phillips (Adelaide), Frederick Mackie (Mount Barker), Thomas Robson (Hectorville), Joseph Coleman (Saddleworth) and Emily Phillips (Adelaide).

Minutes of meetings and correspondence between Friends in Sydney and Joseph Crosfield, Edwin Ransome and others, 1888 - 1902 (Item MS Box 18)

The correspondents include Joseph Neave, J.B. Braithwaite, William Rokes, Henry Newman, William Cooper and John Baker.

Correspondence of William Cooper and William Benson (Sydney) with Edwin Ransome, 1902 - 1904 (Item MS Box 18)

Minutes of meetings and correspondence between Friends in Brisbane and Edwin Ransome and others, 1885 - 1902 (Item MS Box 18)

Lewis Smith was the principal Brisbane correspondent and others included Uriah Ferguson, Walter Barton, G.D. Buchanan, Lucy Walker and Francis Hopkins (Rockhampton).

Minutes and correspondence concerning the use of the Friends' Meeting House in Melbourne, 1901 (Item MS Box 18)

Letters relating to the Friends' School, Hobart, 1870-1907; 1933-1934 (File Box 22)

The correspondents include Edwin Ransome (London), William Beck (London), Isaac Sharp (Darlington), Charles Holdsworth (Kendal), Joseph B. Mather (Hobart), Samuel Clemes (Wigton, Hobart), William Wells (Hobart), J. Francis Mather (Hobart), William Benson (Melbourne, Hobart) and George Clark (Hobart). There are also legal documents, minutes, financial papers and architectural and building plans and drawings.

Drafts of trust deeds relating to Friends' High School, Hobart (1901) (Item MS Box 23)

Also includes photographs of Friends' High School (1903), specifications for additions to the School (n.d.) and specifications for the erection of a laboratory. (n.d.)

Pamphlets, leaflets and newspaper cuttings concerning military conscription in Australia and New Zealand, 1903 - 1912 (Item MS Box 23)

They include W. Cooper, The Defence Act (Australia) as affecting Friends in the Commonwealth (Sydney, 1910), C. Reginald Ford. The Defence Act: a criticism (Christchurch, 1911), Leyton Richards. Compulsory military training and the duty of the Church (n.d.) and Conscription in Australia and New Zealand (Manchester, 1912).

Pamphlets, leaflets and newspaper cuttings concerning military conscription in Australia and New Zealand, 1912 - 1915 (Item MS Box 23)

They include Religious Society of Friends, Information for intending migrants (London, 1912), The Liberator, vol. 1, no. 1 (Christchurch, March 1912), The School Journal, vol. 6 no. 5 (Wellington, June 1912), C. Reginald Ford. The cost of war and militarism (Christchurch, 1912), Australian Freedom League. Progress of the movement (Adelaide, 1912), National Peace Council of New Zealand. To the workers of New Zealand (Christchurch, 1912), Thomas Hodgkin. Conscription in Australia (n.d.), William Cooper. Our testimony against war (Melbourne, 1913). There are also extracts from the Commonwealth Parliamentary Debates (June 1914).

New Zealand papers, 1870 - 1913 (Item MS Box 24)

Including minutes of meetings, lists of Friends living in New Zealand, epistles, circulars and leaflets.

Rockhampton letters and reports, mostly sent to Edwin Ransome, 1875 - 1902 (Item MS Box 24)

Apart from English correspondents such as William Beck and Isaac Sharp, almost all the letters were written by Francis Hopkins (Rockhampton) and Lewis Smith (Brisbane).

Newspaper cuttings, 1886 - 1911 (Item MS Box 26)

From newspapers in Sydney, Tasmania, Rockhampton, Brisbane, Melbourne and New Zealand.

Papers concerning the Friends' Hostel in Wellington, 1907 - 1936 (Item MS Box 26)

Including subscriptions, legal documents, accounts, balance sheets and correspondence. The correspondents include Richard Smith (London), Charles Holdsworth (London) and Elizabeth Rutter (Wellington).

A list of Friends in Sydney and letters from Australia, 1835 - 1868 (Item MS Box 27)

Mostly written to Francis Cotton and George Story in Van Diemen's Land. The correspondents include Thomas Stevens (Deloraine, VDL), William May (Mount Barker, SA) and Thomas Young (Sydney).

Lists of Friends in Australia, minutes of meetings, answers to queries, circulars, letters and printed items, 1874 - 1935 (Item MS Box 27)

Pamphlets concerning the Auckland Meeting House and a poem on the occasion of its opening, 1913 (Item MS Box 27)

Pamphlets, [c. 1864-1914] (Item MS Box 27)

Including the annual report of the Elizabeth Fry Retreat, Melbourne (1909), A letter from the Friends in Sydney to the dear Friends in Melbourne (Gloucester, 1868), Alfred Brown, Report of the Aboriginals of Northern Australia (n.d.), Alfred Brown. Some problems of northern Australia (1914), and Queensland Marriage Acts (1864, 1870).

Papers of Charles Holdsworth (1848-1934), 1871 - 1933 (File MS Box 29)

Including minutes, lists of Friends, plans of meeting houses, financial papers, newspaper cuttings and letters, including many from New Zealand.

The correspondents include Joseph Crosfield (London), William Beck (London), Edwin Ransome (London), Isaac Sharp (London), Robert West (Auckland), J. Fletcher Jackson (Auckland), S.S. Harlock (Dunedin), Alexander Russell (Auckland), Edward Stillwell (Auckland), Robert West(Auckland), Theodore West (Auckland) and Alfred Gregory (Dargaville). Most of the letters were written to Edwin Ransome.

Series. Journals of William Benson, November 1866 - September 1868

7 item

The first two volumes of the journal describe the voyage from Plymouth to Sydney on the Sobraon. Later volumes record Benson's travels in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M705.

Biographical / Historical

William Benson (1848-1927) was born in Liverpool and migrated to Australia in 1866-1867, together with two other Quakers, Charles and John Holdsworth. In his first two years he travelled widely in Australia and kept very detailed illustrated journals. In 1885 he married Emma Mather, the daughter of Joseph Mather, and settled in Hobart. He was the editor of The Australian Friend, which was first published in Hobart in July 1887. He was the clerk of the first General Conference of Australian Friends in Melbourne in 1888. In 1890 Benson moved to Melbourne for business reasons and in 1903 he moved to Sydney. He was clerk of the Meetings in both cities. He was a member of the committee of the Friends' School in Hobart for many years.

Journal (117p.), November 1866 - January 1867 (File MS Vol. S286)

Journal (113p.), January 1867 - February 1867 (File MS Vol. S287)

Journal (c.126p.), February 1867 - April 1867 (File MS Vol. S288)

Journal (c.124p.), April 1867 - June 1867 (File MS Vol. S289)

Journal (c.170p.), June 1867 - August 1867 (File MS Vol. S290)

Journal (c.180p.), December 1867 - March 1868 (File MS Vol. S291)

Journal (c.180p.), April 1868 - September 1868 (File MS Vol. S292)

Series. Autobiography of Alfred Wright Stones of Memorial

3 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reels M705-M706.

Biographical / Historical

Alfred Wright Stones (1831-1901) was a London Friend who travelled widely and visited Australia and New Zealand in 1874-1875 and 1890-1892.

History of the deputation to Australasia in 1874-1875 (ff.1-53) (File MS Vol. S347)

Stones of Memorial, Vol. 1: history of the deputation to Australasia in 1874-1875 (ff.54-130) (File MS Vol. S347)

Stones of Memorial, Vol. 3: visits to Australasia, Syria, Norway, 1890 - 1893 (File MS Vol. S349)

1 item

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Second visit to Australasia in 1890-1892 (Item ff.1-113)

Series. Journals of Isaac Sharp, July 1878 - November 1883

20 items

There are two series of journals covering Sharp's travels in Australia and New Zealand in 1880-1882. The second series (vols. 53-61) appears to be partly a memorandum book, in which Sharp made notes about people whom he met, letters he received, and information taken from books and newspapers. These volumes contain occasional cuttings from newspapers, some on general subjects and others announcing public meetings to be held by Sharp and Joseph Neave. The legibility of the journals is poor and, in particular, some pages in volumes 33-40 are illegible.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reels M706-M707.

Biographical / Historical

Isaac Sharp (1806-1897) was born in Brighton and educated at a Friends' school at Earl's Colne, Essex. In 1840 he went to Darlington, County Durham, as the private secretary of Joseph Pease, the Quaker businessman and parliamentarian. He later managed the Pease Family's Middlesborough estate. He first began to preach in 1832 and was recorded as a minister by the Darlington Monthly Meeting in 1843. On 45 occasions the Darlington meeting gave him certificates for gospel travel in Britain or overseas. He was over 70 when he embarked on his most adventurous travels, visiting South Africa, Madagascar, Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Mexico, Turkey, India, Japan and China. His final tour was to Syria in 1895.

Journal: New South Wales, Victoria, July 1880 - January 1881 (File Volume 33)

Journal:Victoria, Tasmania, January 1881 - May 1881 (File Volume 34)

Journal: South Australia, Queensland, May 1881 - November 1881 (File Volume 35)

Journal: New South Wales, Tasmania., November 1881 - February 1882 (File Volume 36)

Journal: Tasmania, New Zealand, February 1882 - April 1882 (File Volume 37)

Journal: New Zealand, April 1882 - July 1882 (File Volume 38)

Journal: New Zealand, July 1882 - August 1882 (File Volume 39)

Journal, September 1882 - November 1882 (File Volume 40)

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New Zealand, [c.1882-09 - 1882-11] (Item ff.1-27)

Journal, July 1878 - November 1883 (File Volume 43)

Journal, April 1880 - November 1880 (File Volume 53)

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New South Wales, [c. 1880-04 - 1880-11] (Item ff.98-end)

Journal: New South Wales, Victoria, November 1880 - February 1881 (File Volume 54)

Journal: Victoria, Tasmania, February 1881 - April 1881 (File Volume 55)

Journal: Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia, April 1881 - July 1881 (File Volume 56)

Journal: Queensland, July 1881 - October 1881 (File Volume 57)

Journal: Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales, October 1881 - December 1881 (File Volume 58)

Journal: New South Wales, Tasmania, New Zealand, January 1882 - March 1882 (File Volume 59)

Journal: New Zealand, March 1882 - June 1882 (File Volume 60)

Journal: New Zealand, June 1882 - August 1882 (File Volume 61)

Journal: New Zealand, United States, August 1882 - October 1882 (File Volume 62)

Journal: United States, October 1882 - November 1882 (File Volume 62)

Series. Manuscript Boxes (Lettered), 1831-05 - c. 1921

6 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M707.

Ministerial certificates, May 1831 (File Box L2)

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Certificate of liberation issued by London Yearly Meeting to James Backhouse, May 1831 (Item)

Liberating him to visit the inhabitants of the British colonies in Australia and South Africa.

Wellington Conference, May 1909 (File Box Q)

1 item

Autograph album signed by Friends attending the first New Zealand Conference of the Society of Friends at Wellington, May 1909 (Item)

Together with circulars relating to the Conference.

List of Friends, 1854 (File Box R)

A list of Friends and those connected with them in the Australian colonies, New Zealand and South Africa, [c. 1854] (Item)

Compiled by Robert Lindsey and Frederick Mackie.

Richardson Manuscripts, 1834 - 1840 (File Box R)

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Miscellaneous letters, 1834 - 1840 (Item Volume 16)

George Washington Walker (Hobart, Sydney, Cape Town) to George Richardson (Newcastle-upon-Tyne). Re mission of James Backhouse and Walker to the Australian colonies and South Africa. (6 letters)

Lucy Fryer Morland letters, [c. 1920-03 - 1921-01] (File Box T)

Her long letters were written from Canada, Auckland (March 1920), Taumarunui, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown, Sydney (July 1920), Rockhampton, Adelaide, Hobart, Melbourne and South Africa (January 1921).

Biographical / Historical

Lucy Fryer Morland (1864-1945) of Croydon was liberated by a Meeting for Sufferings for service in South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. She sailed from England in January 1920 and returned to England in April 1921.

Edwin Ransome, 1910 (File Box W)

Notes by Edwin Ransome (1823-1910) on the history of Friends in Australia, 1910 (10p), together with two letters from Ransome to H. Sefton Jones.

Series. Manuscripts of Cedric Gibson, 25 March 1845

2 items

Cedric Stacey Gibson (1818-1883) of Saffron Walden purchased a collection of autographs of members of the Society of Friends from Silvanus Thompson. The collection was made chiefly by Thomas Thompson (1775-1861) of Liverpool.

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M707.

List of plants named after Friends. (3p.) (Item 4/56)

John Tawell (Aylesbury) to Hannah Backhouse, 25 March 1845 (Item 4/135)

His hopes of God's mercy as he faces death.

Series. Daniel Wheeler Additional Letters, 27 June 1835 - 10 November 1837

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Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M707.

Daniel Wheeler (Hobart) to William Manley (photostat box), 16 September 1837 (File)

Daniel Wheeler (Hobart) to William Manley, (photostat box), 10 November 1837 (File)

Daniel Wheeler (Henry Freeling) to William Manley, 27 June 1835 (File Port. 42/80)

Daniel Wheeler (Sydney) to John Kitching, 3 March 1837 (File Port. 42/81)

Daniel Wheeler (Sydney) to John Kitching, 6 May 1837 (File Port. 42/82)

Daniel Wheeler (Bay of Islands) to John Kitching, 23 December 1836 (File Port. 42/83)

Daniel Wheeler (Sydney) to William Manley, 18 March 1836 (File MS Vol. 101/66)

Series. Papers of Howard Hodgkin, 1880 - 1891

Correspondence of Howard Hodgkin (Reigate) relating to distress in Ireland and emigration to Australia, 1880-1891. (43 letters)

The correspondents include Burwood Godlee (Freshwater, Lewes), James McFadden (Reading), Lord Pembroke (Salisbury, London), William Rathbone (London), George Shaw (Hobart) J.H. Tuke (Hitchin, Brighton), Ernest Upchurch (Emu Bay, Tasmania), and B. Walker (County Donehal). Some of the letters from Hodgkin to J.H. Tuke were written during his trip to Australia and New Zealand in 1887.

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M707.

Series. Isaac Sharp additional manuscripts, February 1880 - 1882

4 items

Archival History

Originally filmed on AJCP reel M707.

Lists of Sharp's diaries and the places visited (12p.) (File)

Expenditure incurred by Sharp on his visit to Madagascar, Mauritius and Australia (6p.), February 1880 - February 1881 (File)

Expenditure incurred by Sharp and Joseph Neave on their travels in Australasia (5p.), March 1881 - February 1882 (File)

Letters to the Committee of the Meeting for Sufferings, invoices, accounts, vouchers and other financial papers of Sharp and Joseph Neave, 1881 - 1882 (File)

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Guide to the Records of the Society of Friends (as filmed by the AJCP)

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Collection Summary

Introduction

Scope and Contents

Conditions Governing Access

Conditions Governing Use

Preferred Citation

Archival History

Existence and Location of Originals

Existence and Location of Copies

Finding-aid Notes

Advisory Statement

Subjects

Bibliography

Biographical / Historical

Related Documentation

Item Descriptions

Series. Minutes of London General Meeting, 26 May 1834 - 1916

Archival History

Minutes: Volume 24, 26 May 1834 (File Volume 24)

Report from J. Backhouse and G.W. Walker in Van Diemen's Land, 26 May 1864 (Item f.446)

Account of Daniel Wheeler, 26 May 1835 (Item f.522)

Minutes: Volume 25, 6 May 1837 - 27 May 1841 (File Volume 25)

Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 6 May 1837 (Item f.108)

Return of Daniel Wheeler, 29 May 1838 (Item ff.150-151)

Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 30 May 1838 (Item f.156)

Address to friends in Van Diemen's Land and South Australia, 25 May 1839 (Item ff.216-217)

Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 29 May 1839 (Item f.230)

Members considering emigration to Australia, 31 May 1839 (Item ff.236-237)

Indigenous Australians in British colonies, 26 May 1840 (Item f.276)

Members considering emigration to Australia, 29 May 1840 (Item f.292)

Account by James Backhouse of his engagements in Australia, 25 May 1841 (Item ff.334-335)

Friends who have emigrated, 27 May 1841 (Item f.342)

Minutes: Volume 26, 1 June 1855 (File Volume 26)

Friends in South Hemisphere, 1 June 1855 (Item ff.563-564)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1857 (File)

Friends in Hobart, [c.1857] (Item ff.38-39)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1858 (File)

Meetings in Southern Hemisphere, [c.1858] (Item ff.15-16)

Report of Committee appointed to correspond with Friends abroad, [c.1858] (Item ff.46-47)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1859 (File)

Pecuniary relief to Friends emigrating to Australia, [c.1859] (Item f.20)

Report from sufferings on Australia and New Zealand, [c.1859] (Item ff.33-38)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1860 (File)

Relief to emigrants to Australia, [c.1860] (Item f.15)

Testimony to George W. Walker, [c.1860] (Item f.44)

Correspondence with Hobart, [c.1860] (Item ff.58-62)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1861 (File)

Arrangements for an Australian Meeting of Discipline, [c.1861] (Item ff.17-21)

Report of Robert and Sarah Lindsey in Hawaii and Australia, [c.1861] (Item ff.64-81)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1862 (File)

Relationship of yearly meetings in Australia, [c.1862] (Item f.32)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1863 (File)

Tabular statement for 1863 (Item ff.6-7)

Letter from Hobart and Thomas Mason in landownership quarrel with Maoris, [c.1863] (Item ff.28-31)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1864 (File)

Tabular statements for 1864 (Item ff.6-8)

Friends resident in Southern Hemisphere, 1864 (Item f.22)

Testimony of Hardshaw East concerning Robert Lindsey, 1864 (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1865 (File)

Tabular statements for 1865 (Item ff.6-7)

Meetings for Discipline in Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart, [c.1865] (Item ff.36-37)

Letter to Sufferings from Sydney, [c.1865] (Item ff.46-49)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1866 (File)

Tabular statements for 1866 (Item ff.7-8)

Friends in Southern Hemisphere, [c.1866] (Item f.17)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1867 (File)

Tabular statements for 1867 (Item ff.12-14)

Service of Joseph Neave in Australia and New Zealand, [c.1867] (Item f.19)

Letters from Sydney and Hobart, [c.1867] (Item ff.32-36)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1868 (File)

Tabular statements for 1868 (Item ff.7-8)

Letters from Tasmania and Victoria, [c.1868] (Item ff.33-34)

Australia: summaries of answers and letters from Tasmania and Victoria, [c.1868] (Item ff.44-49)

Visit of J.J. Neave and W. Robson to Australia, [c.1868] (Item ff.50-54)

Testimony of Margaret Yeardley, [c.1868] (Item Appendix)

Minutes and proceedings of the Yearly Meetings (Extract), 1869 (File)

Tabular statement for 1869 (Item ff.9-11)

Letters from Australia, [c.1869] (Item ff.34-41)